Albany, thomasville. The candidates are 8 feet apart and as you can see, there is a plexiglas divider between them. We are following cdc recommendations. Here are the rules for tonights debate. Candidates will have 1 30 four opening and closing statements, 1 15 to answer a question when it is posed to both. Candidates can request a rebuttal if they are named or attacked by the candidate in their answer. The candidate will have 45 seconds for a rebuttal. We also have directed questions for individual candidates. 1 15 for aave response. The other candidate will have 45 seconds for comment if they choose to. Rebuttal rules will go into effect. The candidates tonight are republican incumbent david perdue and democratic challenger jon ossoff. 1 34 1 30 first starting remarks. Sen. Perdue my mom and dad were Public School teachers in middle georgia and i grew up working on our family farms. I worked my way through georgia tech and went on to have a Business Career and became a fortune 500 ce